The crowd outside the Martial Tower could only see the lights of the third floor of the Tower lighting up, but they didn’t know exactly how far Zhang Ruochen had broken through to the third floor.
Not to mention Elder Situ’s disbelief, most of the young martial artists present were also sceptical.
After all, a new student breaking through the second level of the third floor was too appalling.
Elder Situ walked to the bottom of the gate of the martial tower, stretched out an arm, pressed it against a recessed iron wall, and injected his body’s true qi into the wall.
The Martial Pagoda was a True Martial Treasure Weapon, and under Elder Situ’s true qi, some of the inscriptions in the Martial Pagoda were activated.
“Wow!”
The aura mirror on the third level of the Martial Pagoda immediately surfaced with a white light.
The image of Zhang Ruochen breaking through the second level of the third floor of the Martial Tower appeared on the surface of the aura mirror.
The nine elders standing at the bottom of the Martial Tower, the four hundred and sixty-eight new students, and many of the older class of trainees all looked towards the surface of the aura mirror on the third level of the Martial Tower.
On the aura mirror, there was the very image of Zhang Ruochen fighting with the eighteen Alchemy Warriors. Zhang Ruochen was fighting soundly, every movement flowing like a cloud, and he was knocking down all eighteen Weapon Refining Warriors as if they were a crackerjack.
The battle image, watching those young martial artists below, their blood boiled, wishing that they were Zhang Ruochen, fighting with the eighteen Weapon Refining Warriors.
As for those female trainees, they were even watching with beautiful eyes, a look of awe emerging, and in the end, all of them looked towards Zhang Ruochen, who stood below the martial tower, revealing a look of adoration.
Zhang Ruochen’s performance in the Martial Tower was too stunning!
In a world where martial arts were honoured, a young hero like Zhang Ruochen would naturally have many women going crazy for him.
“Darn it! He actually did break through the second level of the third floor of the Martial Tower!”
Prince Huo Xing stood in the ranks of the new students, his eyes cold as he stared at Zhang Ruochen standing at the bottom of the Martial Pagoda, and in his heart, he secretly resolved to get rid of this Ninth Prince of the Yunwu County Kingdom.
Prince Huo Xing, Zi Xi, and Yao Qingtong were all originally rare geniuses, but compared to Zhang Ruochen, they were a long way behind.
Therefore, almost all of the limelight of this year’s freshmen was stolen by Zhang Ruochen.
The fourth person ever in the Western Academy, who could compare to him?
In the next Martial Tower breakthrough, there were no more geniuses who had broken through the third level of the second tier.
By dusk, the Martial Tower Breach finally ended, and the best one hundred and twenty of them became Outer Court disciples of the Western Court of the Martial City Academy.
The rankings of the one hundred and twenty new students were also quickly assessed, and without any suspense, Zhang Ruochen became the number one new student.
Zixi ranked second, Prince Huo Xing ranked third, and Yao Qingtong ranked fourth.
Among the top ten, there were a total of six women and four men.
It was fortunate that there was a Zhang Ruochen, otherwise, this year’s freshmen would once again be female trainees finishing ahead of the male trainees.
There were a total of fifteen young martial artists from the Yunwu County Kingdom who became outer court disciples of the Western Academy, and a total of thirty-eight people from the Four Direction County Kingdom who became outer court disciples of the Western Academy.
Overall, the Sifang County Kingdom had an absolute advantage in the number of new students. However, the Yunwu County Kingdom dominated the number one freshmen and the number two freshmen, so it could be said that they had made quite a splash.
In previous years, the Western Academy also took in one hundred and twenty new students, and the martial artists from the Four Directions County Kingdom would be able to account for a large portion of them. But this year, it was not even a third of the new students, and Prince Huo Xing’s face was quite ugly.
“If it wasn’t for Zhang Ruochen and Zixi hunting down dozens of geniuses from the Four Directions County Kingdom during the first round, how could it be possible for the Four Directions County Kingdom to have only thirty-eight people become Outer Palace disciples this year.” Prince Huo Xing’s face was quite gloomy, not even hiding the killing intent in his eyes.
Xie Zhaowu said, “Your Highness, even if Zhang Ruochen is no longer a genius, he is only at the middle Xuanji realm cultivation, with our Sifang County Kingdom’s power in the Western Courtyard, we can definitely get rid of him easily. As for that one Zixi, it would be too much of a pity to kill her, why not just adopt her as the prince’s consort?”
Prince Huo Xing’s heart stirred slightly, his eyes narrowing into a slit as he laughed, “Zixi’s talent is indeed very high, and she is actually ranked above this prince, so if she can be adopted as the prince’s consort, it would definitely be like adding wings to this prince. However, she is very close to Zhang Ruochen, will she agree to this prince?”
Xie Zhaowu laughed, “Zhang Ruochen is only a prince of a lower county, if the Four Direction County Kingdom defeats the Yunwu County Kingdom, he won’t even be a prince in the future. Zixi is a smart woman, I believe she will know how to choose. If she still refuses to submit to His Royal Highness, then we will use some strong-arm tactics to force her to submit. In the face of might, I don’t believe she won’t submit.”
A hint of a smile appeared on Prince Huo Xing’s face as he gazed towards Zixi, realising that this woman was indeed extremely beautiful, and it would seem that it would be a wonderful thing if she could be adopted as the prince’s consort.
When Prince Huo Xing saw Zhang Ruochen, the smile on his face instantly disappeared and he said, ”Zhang Ruochen must die! Xie Zhaowu, go and tell Feng Zhilin to come see me tonight.”
Feng Zhilin was Feng Zhiyi’s elder brother, who had become an outer palace disciple of the Martial City Palace of Learning two years ago, and his martial cultivation had already reached the Xuanji Realm Grand Extreme Position.
Prince Huo Xing decided to use Feng Zhi Lin to deal with Zhang Ruochen.
Feng Zhi Lin’s own brother had died at the hands of Zhang Ruochen, as an elder brother, how could he not avenge his brother’s death?
When one became an Outer Palace disciple of the Western Academy, one had to go and receive the robes that Outer Palace disciples wore exclusively, as well as a waist tag and accommodation key.
The outer palace disciples’ robes were all plain white robes.
As for the waist licence, it wasn’t so simple. The waist plate of the Samurai Academy Palace was carved out of white jade, and inscribed with an inscription, refined into a True Martial Treasure, and appeared to be only the size of a palm.
Inside the waist plate was not only a record of every student’s information, but also, a record of every student’s merit value.
For example, Zhang Ruochen was the number one freshman in this class and was rewarded with 3,000 points of Merit Value. Therefore, the Merit Value displayed above his waist plate was three thousand points.
Zixi was the second new student and was rewarded with two thousand points of merit value, which was also recorded above her waist plate.
As for Liu Xifeng, since he was ranked as the 14th new student, the merit value above his waist plate was five points.
In the Western Academy, only five points of merit value would be given to the outer palace disciples every month, and the freshmen who didn’t make it into the top ten would only be given five points of merit value as well.
In the middle of the Martial City Palace, all the cultivation resources, all of them had to be exchanged with merit value.
Without merit value, it was difficult to move forward.
The so-called merit value was the contribution you made to the Martial City Academy. Apart from the five points of merit value that the school palace sends out every month, other merit values, you must earn them yourself.
In addition to the merit value, the waist plate above also recorded the strength ranking of every outer palace student in the Western Academy.
Zhang Ruochen injected his true qi into the waist plate, and his strength ranking, the six hundred and seventieth position, immediately appeared on top of the waist plate.
Zixi also injected her true qi into the waist plate, and her strength ranking, the five hundred and ninety-seventh position, also appeared on top of the waist plate.
Zhang Ruochen asked, “What’s with the ranking above the waist plate?”
Regarding the matters in the Martial City Academy Palace, Liu Xifeng obviously knew more than Zhang Ruochen and Zixi and said, “The ranking shown above the waist plate is the strength ranking of the outer palace disciples of the Western Academy. It is mainly based on the student’s martial realm, the number of tasks they have completed that were assigned by the Academy Palace, as well as the quarterly examinations held every three months, and the Four Courts Martial Meeting held every year. These are the criteria to measure the rankings!”
Afterwards, Liu Xifeng added another sentence, saying, “The ranking of the Western Academy is not very interesting, to be able to enter the ranking of the Xuan Ranking, that’s what’s truly impressive.”
Only by entering the Ranking of the Xuan List would one be considered truly powerful.
Liu Xifeng asked, “Your Highness the Ninth Prince, where did you get the key?”
Zhang Ruochen picked up the bronze key in his hand and glanced at it, realising that the key in his hand was indeed a little different from Liu Xifeng’s accommodation key.
“Dragon Martial Hall, Yellow Character No. 1.” Zhang Ruochen said.
“Dragon Martial Hall …….”
Liu Xifeng’s face changed drastically, his body shivering slightly as he said, “I knew it, I knew it ……”
Zhang Ruochen glanced curiously towards Liu Xifeng and said, “Is there anything wrong with the Dragon Martial Hall?”
Liu Xifeng shook his head deadpan and said, “The Dragon Martial Hall, is the place with the most abundant spiritual qi in the Western Academy, and only the number one freshman of every session can enter and reside in the Dragon Martial Hall. Moreover, cultivating in the Dragon Martial Hall has a great number of benefits, it’s not just as simple as just having sufficient spiritual qi.”
Zhang Ruochen had a false alarm and said, “In that case, it seems like a good thing.”
Liu Xifeng continued to shake his head and said, “There is a saying circulating in the Western Academy that any man who enters the Dragon Martial Hall will be crippled or disabled. It is said that the number one freshman for two years, Yuchi Tiancong, the son of the Chancellor of the Four Directions County Kingdom, had his legs broken and was thrown out from inside the gate on the first night he entered the Dragon Martial Hall. Since then, Yuchi Tiancong never dared to step into the Dragon Martial Hall again.”
It could not be imagined how miserable it would be for a genius who was the number one freshman to have his legs broken and thrown out of the Dragon Martial Hall?
Suddenly, Zhang Ruochen thought of Huang Yichen and Duanmu Xingling’s words.
Looking at the key in his hand, Zhang Ruochen felt a cool breeze blowing, from the centre of his feet, all the way to the top of his head.
“They are so brutal that even the number one genius of the freshmen had their legs broken by them. Don’t the elders of the Martial City Academy Palace care?” Zhang Ruochen said.
Liu Xifeng’s hands spread out and said, “How can they care? One of the female devils flatly accused Yuchi Tiancong of breaking into her room and trying to peep at her bathing. That’s why she contained her anger and broke both of Yuchi Tiancong’s legs and threw him out of the Dragon Martial Hall. This matter is Yuchi Tiancong’s fault, and the academy elders can’t control it!”
Zixi said, “Since Yuchi Tiancong knew full well that the three great female fiends all lived in the Dragon Martial Hall, how could he possibly dare to go and peep at them bathing?”
Liu Xifeng laughed, “Even if Yuchi Tiancong was given ten guts, he wouldn’t absolutely dare. But that one female devil just pressed this charge on him, what could he do?”
Zhang Ruochen said, “And Yuchi Tiancong confessed?”
Liu Chengfeng said, “Dare to deny it? If he doesn’t confess, the next time he won’t be having his legs broken, but being beaten to death alive. Yuchi Tiancong was naturally afraid, so he confessed. After admitting the crime, it wasn’t over yet, he also had to compensate that one female devil, so the 3,000 points of merit value rewarded by Yuchi Tiancong’s freshman first was also compensated out and fell into the hands of that one female devil. What a tragedy!”
Zhang Ruochen sucked in a breath of cold air and suddenly felt that the Dragon Martial Hall should be the number one forbidden place in the Western Academy, and it was not too much to call it the Dragon Pit and Tiger’s Den.
“Your Highness the Ninth Prince, you must take care of yourself! Strive to also save a life like Yuchi Tiancong. Even if your legs are broken, so what? As long as they are treated in time, they will soon be able to stand up again. A man, can bend and stretch. Isn’t that right?”
Liu Chengfeng patted Zhang Ruochen’s shoulder meaningfully and sighed before travelling towards his place of accommodation.
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Request for recommendation tickets! Old Fish is still tearing his heart out begging for recommendation tickets for Zhang Ruochen!
